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STATUE LUMBU

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€ 69 300
Auction dateClassic
26.10.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 1045392
Lot 2 | STATUE LUMBU
STATUE LUMBU

GABON

Est inscrit sous la statue à l'encre blanche le numéro d'inventaire « 240 ».

Hauteur : 16 cm. (6 ¼ in.)





Provenance

Collection Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), Paris / New York

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, The Helena Rubinstein Collection (Part Two), 29 avril 1966, lot 237

Collection Frieda (1921-2008) et Milton (1914-2005) Rosenthal, Harrison

Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal. African and Oceanic Art, 14 novembre 2008, lot 14 Collection Jean-Louis Danis, acquis lors de cette vente



Literature

Rosenthal, F. et McColley, S., African Art in Westchester from Private Collections, New York, 1971, n° 178 et 179

Vogel, S., African Sculpture. The Shape of Surprise, New York, 1980, p. 46, n° 140

Grand-Dufay, C., « La statuaire lumbu, un art tout en finesse révélé au début du XXe siècle », in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, automne 2015, n° 77, p. 118, n° 9

Grand-Dufay, C., Les Lumbu, un art sacré. Bungeelë yi bayisi, Paris, 2016, pp. 104-105, n° 68 (a,b)

Joubert, H., et alii, Helena Rubinstein. La collection de Madame / Helena Rubinstein. Madame's Collection, Paris, 2019, pp. 140 et 222, n° 121 et 237



Exhibited

Yonkers, Hudson River Museum, African Art in Westchester from Private Collections, 24 avril - 6 juin 1971

Long Island, Greenvale, C.W. Post Art Gallery, African Sculpture. The Shape of Surprise, 17 février - 30 mars 1980

New York, Jewish Museum, Helena Rubinstein. Beauty is Power, 31 octobre 2014 - 22 mars 2015

Boca Raton, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein. Beauty is Power, 21 avril 2015 - 12 juillet 2015

Paris, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Helena Rubinstein. La collection de Madame / Helena Rubinstein. Madame's Collection, 19 novembre 2019 - 27 septembre 2020



Further details

LUMBU FIGURE, GABON
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramics, Porcelain, Wood
Place of origin:Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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